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Commander of Final Shuttle Mission to Leave NASA
[/caption] On Dec. 9, 2011, NASA will witness the departure of the astronaut who served as commander for the final…
Historic Photos Commemorate First and Last Shuttle Crews
[/caption] In an historic photo shoot earlier this month, NASA commemorated the space shuttle's retirement, personifying the thirty-year program with…
How to Drive Space Shuttle Endeavour Down the Streets of Los Angeles
Even though the space shuttle is capable of circling the Earth in just 90 minutes, getting Space Shuttle Endeavour to…
China Technology Surges Forward with Spectacular First Docking in Space
http://youtu.be/_CAvIeYO5jM Video Caption: Live Video of Shenzhou-8 and Tiangong-1 docking in Earth orbit. Photos below. Credit: CCTV commentary/CMSE China’s technological…
Former Space Shuttle Manager Mike Moses Joins Virgin Galactic
[/caption] One of the most respected members of NASA’s space shuttle program has joined Virgin Galactic as the commercial space…
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Book Review: The Space Shuttle: Celebrating Thirty Years of NASA’s First Space Plane
[/caption] The space shuttle program is over. The orbiters are being decommissioned, stripped of the components that allowed them to…
Space Shuttle Enterprise Unveiled 35 Years Ago to Star Trek Fanfare
[/caption] ‘Enterprise’, the first of NASA’s Space Shuttle orbiters to be assembled, was unveiled 35 Years ago on Sept. 17,…
The Astronaut’s Guide to Life in Space
NPR (National Public Radio) put together this video from 1980s-era NASA video with commentary by astronauts of various missions. The…
STS-135 Redux: Launch Tribute Video
A great look back at the final launch of the space shuttle program. Includes some footage I hadn't seen before,…
Shuttle Duo Nose-to-Nose Rendezvous highlights Retirement Duty
[/caption] To see one shorn shuttle is bad enough. Seeing two NASA space shuttles edged together and voluntarily gutted of…